2018 - A New Year Poem by John Florio

2018 — A New Year
© John

As we expected, a new year has come,
Along with happiness to every home;
Have we vacated the place of the past?
For this new year, too, won't long last.
Moreover, have we learned the lessons,
To fix wrong; to act corrective actions?

Wishing for a new year will do nothing,
We need to change the arts of working;
Having several dreams with no valour,
Is good for nothing, but a sign of failure.
We must be industrious, still and brave,
To face the challenges of life and grave.

Do not let the past build a violent wall,
Ahead of success, it will stop you at all;
Forget everything — pain and torture,
Control yourself and focus on the future.
Reminiscing the past will drag you back,
From your destination lied on the track.

Keeping serenity and peace within mind,
Go ahead with loyalty, left fraud behind;
And wear smile on your face, not frown,
Treat humbly to everyone as your own;
Thence, you would see in life the sheen,
You hope to glim in two thousand eighteen.